John Jones of Bon Wier, TX started out day three winning $5,000 during the first hour with his 5.00 lb exact weight bass
Photo by Patty Lenderman / Lakecaster

John Jones of Bon Wier, TX started out day three winning $5,000 during the first hour with his 5.00 lb exact weight bass
Photo by Patty Lenderman / Lakecaster

Beaumont man wins Big Bass Splash

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After a two-day wait, John Martin of Beaumont won the Big Bass Splash on Sunday, his first-day catch of 10.83 pounds outweighing every other catch during the three-day event on Lake Sam Rayburn.

Martin beat out 2,903 anglers from 31 states

John Jones of Bon Wier reeled in the largest catch of Sunday, but that 7.85-pound catch was still nearly three pounds shy of the one Martin pulled in Friday. By winning, Martin went home with a prize package valued at $125,000, which included a 2012 Dodge Ram truck and a Triton Bass Boat powered by Mercury, and other accessories.

Other big winners Sunday were Kenneth Venable of Fred and Marvin Adams of Texarkana, Ark. Each took home $5,000 for exact-weight catches, Venable at five pounds and Adams at four.